Manager, eCommerce Planning

Levi Strauss & Co.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco, CA, invites you to join as Manager, US Ecommerce Planning. You will partner with brand/category and channel teams to inform retail buy plans and drive growth across omni‑channel platforms.

You will build channel financial plans, develop in-season forecasts, collaborate with merchants, and lead inventory and profitability initiatives while aligning with seasonal strategies. Hybrid schedule based in SF, in-office 3 days/week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; 7+ years of planning experience with a global omni-channel brand; understanding of retail math, merchandising financials, and profitability KPIs; Advanced Excel skills; SAS merchandising planning is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and track channel financial plans for all sales channels.
• Develop in-season financial forecasts and lead regular financial conversations with business partners.
• Collaborate with merchants to develop consumer/category productivity targets within an assortment architecture.
• Build and present bottom-up sales and inventory plans; reconcile with top-down plans.
• Align with stakeholders to drive in-season tactical activities: promotions, markdowns, etc.
• Lead projects across DTC and ensure inventory profitability across channels.

Skills

Retail math

Merchandising analytics

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

SAS merchandising planning

Job description

## Manager, eCommerce PlanningApply: HQ-Office, San Francisco, CA, USA: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R-0156785Calling all originals: At Levi Strauss & Co., you can be yourself — and be part of something bigger. We’re a company of people who like to forge our own path and leave the world better than we found it. Who believe that what makes us different makes us stronger. So add your voice. Make an impact. Find your fit — and your future.The Manager, US Ecommerce Planning will be a trusted partner to support brand/category and channel strategies. You will be an essential team member; with financial experience of the retail market to inform the retail buy plans and achieve continued growth. You can identify important business issues, provide analysis on opportunities and risks, promote consistency in processes, and guide best practices across the business and within the Direct-to-Consumer team. You will work with a merchandising team and allocation partners to ensure end-to-end strategy execution and line productivity.**About the Job*** Help build and track against channel financial plans; cover all sales KPIs with an understanding of how each are driven. Work to balance channel, brand, and business needs.* Develop financial forecasts in-season and lead regular financial conversations with a diverse set of business partners. Help create a narrative and articulate risks and opportunities.* Collaborate with merchants to develop consumer and category segment productivity targets within an assortment architecture.* Build and present bottom-up sales and inventory plans. Reconcile against the tops-down financial plans to inform financial and inventory decisions.* Align with business partners to guide in-season tactical activities in execution of seasonal strategies: promotional strategies, markdown management, etc.* Work with allocation partners to ensure optimal in-season allocation, replenishment, consumption, and receipt flow.* Manage in-season profitability to achieve or exceed goals and submissions.* Identify opportunities in, and improve, processes and tools.* Take ownership of additional projects that support channel and company plans.* Lead projects across all DTC and works across the channel matrix with their \"company hat\" to ensure inventory profitability for all.**About You*** Bachelor's degree; a combination of college education and related work experience may be used as a substitute.* 7+ years of planning experience with a global omni-channel brand.* Understanding of retail math, merchandising financials, and profitability KPIs.* Advanced Excel skills (can perform complex functions). Experience with SAS merchandise planning an asset.This is a hybrid work schedule based in our San Francisco, CA headquarters. You will be expected in office 3 days per week typically Tuesday-Thursday. Note, time in office can vary depending on business needs.*The expected starting salary range for this role is $112,500 - $165,000 per year****.****We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. The amount a particular employee will earn within the salary range will be based on factors such as relevant education, qualifications, performance and business needs.*